7/10 is a fair rating. It's still funny and far from the worse series finale, but it doesn't feel like a series finale if that makes sense. I'm not sure how I could imagine a different ending for a show like Seinfeld though, I wouldn't really want it to have a more typical sitcom ending.
There's no real closure, I think. "In jail for a year" sounds like it's just a setup for waiting for the next season. I've only recently been introduced to Seinfeld and watching its whole run, I found this a funny episode but in no way realized it was the series finale... I completely understand why people who had been waiting for it were left disappointed and confused.
@@redrasegarden People think it amounted to nothing since it made Tracy seem like she didn’t matter since Ted would end up with Robin anyway. Making it seem like we spent all those seasons for nothing.
@@redrasegarden Yes. And if it just ended there, that would’ve been fine. But the fact that Ted and Robin were predetermined to be together since the beginning felt like a mislead.
@@witcherstudios9351 so they got together later, so what?he still lived a good life with the woman he married and his kids said it was ok, they also have a familial relationship with her.
Here are my thoughts on the finale. I thought it was good for what it was; the characters get arrested for doing absolutely nothing. However, I can see why hardcore Seinfeld fans would be dissapointed. The ideas shown at 2:14 are REAL ideas that I found from Usenet posts as well as USA Today submissions. These ideas were insane compared to the finale of the series. My favorite one was by James Fernandez from Brooklyn where the gang goes around the world for the perfect Kosher Hotdog. With all the chaos they bring in New York, the gang would cause even BIGGER chaos on an international scale.
One of the absolute best 90s comedy shows alongside Friends. Those 2 definitely that decade for me. Even though they weren’t my favourite favourites. That goes to a mixture of Frasier, The Nanny and Home Improvement.
My problem with it is that it didn't end on a laugh. It just faded out. They should have used Jerry's prison stand up as the ending scene instead of shoving into the end credits.
The point about some of the characters that got even there not all being innocent victims (the Soup Nazi came to mind. Elaine's revenge on him was totally satisfying) was correct. But, overall, while feeling a bit strange, I liked it. I was OK with the characters coming back, but the last scene (not counting Jerry's stand-up) was, to me, perfect. There they were, stuck in prison for a year, and that's when they finally run out of fresh minutiae to talk about. These clever, talky people with no more talk just in time to need it most (for them). To me, that's a dark ending far better than Susan and the poison envelopes. It even seemed to be the inspiration for the original MST3K finale in 1999: after finally escaping the bad movie fest on the Satellite of Love, how do Mike & the bots spend their time back on earth? Watching B movies... only to see they're watching the 1st one on the series (not counting the local show season, and originally with Joel). Both shows had a character say, doesn't this seem familiar...? But, yeah, How I Met Your Mother had the worst finale. And, for that matter, Newhart had the best one.
the 1st time i ever watched Seinfeld was the finale…now i own & have seen every episode many times…it wasn’t that bad, you just cant live up to incredibly great hype
I agree. Wheras Seinfeld is an episodic series where the characters do not change, HIMYM is a series where all the characters growth was ruined in the series finale. It was so bad that they re-edited the episode for its DVD release to give it a better ending.
HIMYM's ending was so awful, it actually lost them $100 million in syndication. You'll notice that HIMYM isn't syndicated as much as other sitcoms with that same level of popularity. If it's even syndicated at all on your local TV stations. The ending soured so many fans, that local stations passed on HIMYM reruns, and decided to air The Big Bang Theory, and even old sitcoms like Friends and Seinfeld instead, as those sitcoms still attract more viewers in syndication than HIMYM. That's how much the ending turned people off. But you'll see Friends, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, Everybody Loves Raymond, syndicated everywhere. Friends alone reportedly makes WB $1 billion. And we'll have to wait to wait and see the ripple effects of Matthew Perry's recent death by drowning in his hot tub, and how it affects Friends in terms of money generated. Because one of the selling points of Friends was that they were all alive. Will it become less popular without Chandler? Time will tell. It might even become more popular.
I do agree, at the time Seinfeld's finale was pretty bad & when HIMYM had its finale, opinions changed to where one can say How I Met Your Mother had the worst finales. I say this because I managed to watch it while CBS still was airing it on the 1st run & soon eventually I saw the 1st season on cable. Times have changed
I'm pretty shocked by just how negative the response was. I dont recall if I saw it on initial airing or as a rerun, but I thought it was funny. I see where people are coming from in retrospect, but either way, it definitely wrapped it up.
It didnt make sense becausr the characters werent evil or enitrely bad people, nor was its audience. theyre so neurotic because theyre often trying to meet societal norms and be nice to people and getting frustrated by all of it, bur often helping people. It didnt make sense for them to end as doomed to never grow up, in a heavy negative way
The finale was ok. There were some good laughs on the private jet scenes, and it was cool seeing all the side characters assembled. That was a great tribute to those actors, and the writers who created those memorable parts, not to mention great fan service. The only real problem I have with it is that it didn't end on a big laugh like almost every other episode. It just went off in silence with them sitting in the jail cell. I think if they would have used Jerry's prison stand-up as the REAL final scene instead of relegating it to the end credits, it might have been better received because it ended with laughs.
I guess, looking at it in retrospect, did -George- Larry really have to throw our heroes in jail? Soup Nazi? he was funny. Babu? He was funny too. Bizarro Jerry? Hilarious. Having Jerry & Co. thrown in jail? Not so much.
Personally, I’m indifferent towards the Seinfeld finale. While it has its moments and it was nice to see some old faces, as others stated, it felt more like a glorified clip show, and was overly reliant on fan service.
The episode (and in a sense, the whole series) ended on a down note. There was no big laugh at the end....just quiet...and the credits started to roll. That's the last emotion people remember, so that's what they take with them. Jerry's prison stand-up would have been a better ending, but they buried it in the end credits.
I had no idea people hated the seinfeld ending. I’ve always liked it. It felt like a fitting end, and also felt like an actual ending.
me too, no true fan disliked the finale
Nobody HATED it. It's just a sensationalistic video title. There are many who were disappointed though. They felt let down.
7/10 is a fair rating. It's still funny and far from the worse series finale, but it doesn't feel like a series finale if that makes sense. I'm not sure how I could imagine a different ending for a show like Seinfeld though, I wouldn't really want it to have a more typical sitcom ending.
There's no real closure, I think. "In jail for a year" sounds like it's just a setup for waiting for the next season. I've only recently been introduced to Seinfeld and watching its whole run, I found this a funny episode but in no way realized it was the series finale... I completely understand why people who had been waiting for it were left disappointed and confused.
To be fair, Seinfeld was described as a show about nothing so how can you really end a series that supposedly never started
Still a better ending than “How I met Your Mother”. At least this finale wasn’t planned from the very beginning.
What was bad about that finally, seemed fine to me
@@redrasegarden People think it amounted to nothing since it made Tracy seem like she didn’t matter since Ted would end up with Robin anyway. Making it seem like we spent all those seasons for nothing.
@@witcherstudios9351 but didn’t they still have a good life?
@@redrasegarden Yes. And if it just ended there, that would’ve been fine. But the fact that Ted and Robin were predetermined to be together since the beginning felt like a mislead.
@@witcherstudios9351 so they got together later, so what?he still lived a good life with the woman he married and his kids said it was ok, they also have a familial relationship with her.
“It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right, I hope you have the time of your life “
- Green Day
Gross
I understood that reference.
Also, I always find it ironic that that song is used for so many things when the title of the song is "Good Riddance. "
9:49 Wow! I didn't expect my comment to be featured in this video. It is an honor to be a part of a Media Mementos video.
1:45 From the creator of Garfield Minus Garfield, it’s Seinfeld Minus Seinfeld!
Here are my thoughts on the finale. I thought it was good for what it was; the characters get arrested for doing absolutely nothing. However, I can see why hardcore Seinfeld fans would be dissapointed. The ideas shown at 2:14 are REAL ideas that I found from Usenet posts as well as USA Today submissions. These ideas were insane compared to the finale of the series. My favorite one was by James Fernandez from Brooklyn where the gang goes around the world for the perfect Kosher Hotdog. With all the chaos they bring in New York, the gang would cause even BIGGER chaos on an international scale.
One of the absolute best 90s comedy shows alongside Friends. Those 2 definitely that decade for me. Even though they weren’t my favourite favourites. That goes to a mixture of Frasier, The Nanny and Home Improvement.
Friends was garbage
@@gnosticmind meanwhile how I met your mother is the biggest ripoff of friends. Prove me wrong.
I guess I'm in the minority when I say I like the finale. I thought it was good.
so did I! I actually watched the finale on my 17th birthday 4 years ago
I don't understand how anyone could think such a fitting masterpiece finale was "disappointing" ughh the unrefinement..
My problem with it is that it didn't end on a laugh. It just faded out. They should have used Jerry's prison stand up as the ending scene instead of shoving into the end credits.
1:44 He left after Season 7
The point about some of the characters that got even there not all being innocent victims (the Soup Nazi came to mind. Elaine's revenge on him was totally satisfying) was correct. But, overall, while feeling a bit strange, I liked it. I was OK with the characters coming back, but the last scene (not counting Jerry's stand-up) was, to me, perfect.
There they were, stuck in prison for a year, and that's when they finally run out of fresh minutiae to talk about. These clever, talky people with no more talk just in time to need it most (for them). To me, that's a dark ending far better than Susan and the poison envelopes. It even seemed to be the inspiration for the original MST3K finale in 1999: after finally escaping the bad movie fest on the Satellite of Love, how do Mike & the bots spend their time back on earth? Watching B movies... only to see they're watching the 1st one on the series (not counting the local show season, and originally with Joel). Both shows had a character say, doesn't this seem familiar...?
But, yeah, How I Met Your Mother had the worst finale.
And, for that matter, Newhart had the best one.
the 1st time i ever watched Seinfeld was the finale…now i own & have seen every episode many times…it wasn’t that bad, you just cant live up to incredibly great hype
my mother actually had a similar reaction to the breaking bad finale despite me thinking it ended perfectly.
I think How I Met Your Mother's ending is worse
I agree. Wheras Seinfeld is an episodic series where the characters do not change, HIMYM is a series where all the characters growth was ruined in the series finale. It was so bad that they re-edited the episode for its DVD release to give it a better ending.
It was definitely a worse show… complete garbage
HIMYM's ending was so awful, it actually lost them $100 million in syndication. You'll notice that HIMYM isn't syndicated as much as other sitcoms with that same level of popularity. If it's even syndicated at all on your local TV stations. The ending soured so many fans, that local stations passed on HIMYM reruns, and decided to air The Big Bang Theory, and even old sitcoms like Friends and Seinfeld instead, as those sitcoms still attract more viewers in syndication than HIMYM. That's how much the ending turned people off. But you'll see Friends, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory, Everybody Loves Raymond, syndicated everywhere. Friends alone reportedly makes WB $1 billion. And we'll have to wait to wait and see the ripple effects of Matthew Perry's recent death by drowning in his hot tub, and how it affects Friends in terms of money generated. Because one of the selling points of Friends was that they were all alive. Will it become less popular without Chandler? Time will tell. It might even become more popular.
I do agree, at the time Seinfeld's finale was pretty bad & when HIMYM had its finale, opinions changed to where one can say How I Met Your Mother had the worst finales. I say this because I managed to watch it while CBS still was airing it on the 1st run & soon eventually I saw the 1st season on cable. Times have changed
I'm pretty shocked by just how negative the response was.
I dont recall if I saw it on initial airing or as a rerun, but I thought it was funny.
I see where people are coming from in retrospect, but either way, it definitely wrapped it up.
Kramer and jerry ARE NOT INNOCENT. they part of george and Elaine antics too
No matter what Seinfeld did for the finale people would have hated it
It didnt make sense becausr the characters werent evil or enitrely bad people, nor was its audience. theyre so neurotic because theyre often trying to meet societal norms and be nice to people and getting frustrated by all of it, bur often helping people. It didnt make sense for them to end as doomed to never grow up, in a heavy negative way
It was only going to be a year, and they'd probably get an appeal and have it reduced..maybe even to 1 year probation/community service.
Jerry! What a brilliant name for a show am I right?
The Seinfeld finale was gold (“Gold, Jerry, gold!”) compared to that of *How I Met Your Mother*
Go Jazz? Does Trevor live in Utah?
Larry left after season 7 (susans death) not 6. 😛😊
54 seconds is about all I can stand of this guy's put-on "Broadcasting" voice. Good Lord.
That’s how I naturally sound.
I think having a clip show for the finale might have been better received if the previous episode wasn't also a clip show.
The finale was ok. There were some good laughs on the private jet scenes, and it was cool seeing all the side characters assembled. That was a great tribute to those actors, and the writers who created those memorable parts, not to mention great fan service. The only real problem I have with it is that it didn't end on a big laugh like almost every other episode. It just went off in silence with them sitting in the jail cell. I think if they would have used Jerry's prison stand-up as the REAL final scene instead of relegating it to the end credits, it might have been better received because it ended with laughs.
It was good. Reminders of the show.
Yeah i never understood the excessive hate.
I guess, looking at it in retrospect, did -George- Larry really have to throw our heroes in jail? Soup Nazi? he was funny. Babu? He was funny too. Bizarro Jerry? Hilarious. Having Jerry & Co. thrown in jail? Not so much.
10:50 Look, Gary! There I am!
I saw myself too!
@@roberttreacy8271 Hello Mr. Grinch! You also make an apperance at 13:42
No way. It’s decent
I'm very surprised to see the number of Seinfeld fans who also found How I Met Your Mother entertaining. It was awful.
Seinfeld's finale was nice and sorta decent even tho I'm not a BIG fan of the show lol.
Never cared for Seinfeld. So I cannot say that I was disappointed with the ended, so.... Meh, I just don't care.
Personally, I’m indifferent towards the Seinfeld finale. While it has its moments and it was nice to see some old faces, as others stated, it felt more like a glorified clip show, and was overly reliant on fan service.
I'm just happy that Newman won. I've always considered him the anti-hero of Seinfeld.
Is that the narrators real voice. Very annoying.
@@donbenevento2805 I can change it if you’d like, but you’ll have to pay for the surgery. Just send me your Venmo, and I’ll make the appointment.
01:48; 7,
I absolutely loved the Seinfeld ending, the people who took issue with it clearly weren't real fans.
The episode (and in a sense, the whole series) ended on a down note. There was no big laugh at the end....just quiet...and the credits started to roll. That's the last emotion people remember, so that's what they take with them. Jerry's prison stand-up would have been a better ending, but they buried it in the end credits.
There was nothing wrong with it. It's called "a curtain call"